What's Up: Hanke's in Wittenberg triples in size with new location

11:47 PM,
Nov. 3, 2012

Written by

Jeff Starck
Wausau Daily Herald

WITTENBERG - The historic Hanke's SuperValue grocery store in Wittenberg is closed, but just a few blocks away is the Hanke family's new, larger store - Hanke's Sentry Foods.

The late Roger and Bernice Hanke opened Hanke's Red Owl 62 years ago to serve the residents in the tiny community on the Marathon-Shawano county line. The store became a SuperValue in 1989, but continued to provide hometown, friendly service despite cramped quarters in the less than 7,000 square-foot store.

The old store closed Tuesday, and on Thursday, the new 20,000 square-foot store opened for business at 110 S. ...